Having established the largest junior player base in Northern Tasmania, the club is facing the logistical nightmare of squeezing it into just two pitches at Birch Avenue.

With a new clubhouse, changerooms, lighting and drainage, the Northern Championship outfit has aspirations to play in both men's and women's statewide leagues.

In a Facebook post on June 5, United confirmed Football Tasmania had approved its return to play plan but City of Launceston Council had requested more details.

Subsequently given the green light to resume training, the committee is now coordinating how to get four senior teams and 500 juniors safely through its gates for training ahead of a proposed competition return on July 18.

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"We finally got the paperwork passed late on Friday but it'll probably be another week before we resume training with everything we need to do," president Tony Pearce said.

"With such a large junior base, it'll be quite a process getting them in and out safely with only two pitches.

"Our junior base would be the biggest in Launceston and probably second or third in the state but our biggest problem is getting 50-odd junior teams through two pitches. It's frustrating. COVID is making life really difficult but the club is in a healthy place."

Pearce said financial stability and improved facilities underpin the large player base to support aspirations of higher stages.

A brand new $800,000 clubhouse was opened five years ago, with the venue's dilapidated old changerooms finally pulled down last year.

Last season saw United record top-four finishes in all senior competitions, winning the reserves (with 18 wins from 21 matches), coming third in the under-18s and men's Northern Championship and fourth in the women's.

Top scorer Yasin Mohammadi and talented playmaker Fletcher Fulton have since stepped up to the state league with Launceston City and Riverside Olympic respectively while the highly-rated Fahim Moradi and Emily Heazlewood moved to Brisbane and Adelaide to further their playing careers.

But recruits such as Launceston City's Will Compagne plus the emergence of a talented under-18s squad bodes well for a club founded way back in 1958.

"Our seniors should be strong in all teams," Pearce said.

"We were hoping to have a pretty strong season and after winning the reserves last year were quietly confident.

"We do have an eye on the state league. If the women have a good season we'd be looking at that next year, the men are probably another 12 months behind that. They have not won the Northern Championship and we need to get to that level before we realistically look higher.

"It's a big step up playing wise and financially but we've had some really talented juniors come through and there's nowhere for them to go. Most of our juniors have committed again this year which is a positive. We've only had about 20 refunds and that's pretty healthy.

"We've done a lot of work in our juniors over five or six years and are now reaping the benefit."

Pearce echoed widely-shared concerns that the competition in most doubt is the reserves' Northern Championship 1 with some clubs potentially struggling for numbers.

"It's frustrating but at the end of the day we just want everyone playing, whether it's juniors or seniors," he said.

Glenn Reading will again take charge of the Northern Championship men's side with the women set to be coached by Emily's brother Cameron Heazlewood.

City of Launceston Council confirmed on Tuesday that both Launceston United and cross-town rivals Northern Rangers are now able to recommence training.